Single-family new house construction building permits: 1  2003: 20 buildings, average cost: $97,500. 2  2004: 42 buildings, average cost: $77,300. 3  2005: 35 buildings, average cost: $88,800. 4  2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $83,600. 5  2007: 15 buildings, average cost: $93,100. 6  2008: 20 buildings, average cost: $89,000.
Fortune has learned some early Uber shareholders did sell stock back to the company earlier this year, including at least one at around the aforementioned $135 per share price (which works out to a valuation just south of $4 billion).
The Indirect Approach. One indirect method is to invest in a publicly traded company that owns a sizeable share of Uber private stock. Some major Uber investors include Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and private equity giant BlackRock Inc. (BLK). Given that Uberâs post IPO shares would become part of these investing companyâs balance sheets, their stocks can realize strong gains when Uberâs private stock goes up.